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Questionnaire:............................................................ proportion
d. All of the above
I. Multiple Choice
7. The ideal leaching conditions exist if
1. The rate of leaching decreases as a. The solute is infinitely soluble in the solvent
a. Pressure decreases b. Sufficient contact time for the solvent to
b. Temperature decreases penetrate the solute completely is permitted
c. Temperature increases c. The overflow streams contain some inert
d. Both (A) and (C) solids, either by entrainment or by partial
solubility in the overflow solution
2. The unit operation by which soluble components of a d. Both (A) and (B)
liquid mixture are dissolved in a liquid immiscible with
the insoluble components is 8. Stage efficiency in leaching process depends on
a. Gas absorption a. Vapor pressure of the solution
b. Solvent extraction b. Time of contact between the solid and the
c. Leaching solution
d. Adsorption c. Rate of diffusion of the solute through the
solid and into the liquid
3. Which of the following factor influences the fraction of d. Both (B) and (C)
liquid retained in the underflow or slude?
a. Boiling point of the solvent 9. In a determination of the solution retention data, the
b. The type of pump used for transferring the mass fraction of the solute in the extract was
underflow determined to be 0.6. The corresponding underflow
c. Fractional recovery of the solute analysis showed a retention of 0.6 Kg solvent per Kg of
d. None of the above the inert solid. The mass fraction of solute in the
underflow is most likely
4. In ideal leaching operation, for constant underflow, the a. 0.6
concentration of solute in the overflow is _____ the b. 0.47
concentration of the solute in the solution adhering to c. 0.36
the inert solid in the underflow. d. 0.27
a. Equal to half
b. Less than In a salt recovery plant, rock salt is being leached to
c. Equal to produce industrial salt in a continuous counter current
d. More than system consisting of two ideal stages using water as
leaching medium. The average composition of the rock
5. If the solute concentration (on “solid free basis”) in the salt is: inert = 70%, soluble salt = 25%, moisture =5%, all
overflow and the overflow are not equal, the percentage by weight. The underflow from each stage
equilibrium (homogeneity) tie-lines are contains 0.3 Kg of solution per Kg of inert. The plant
a. Vertical leaches 50 MT/day of rock salt using 50 MT of water per
b. Horizontal day. The quantity of soluble salts recovered in MT/day
c. Inclined to the right is:
d. Inclined to the left a. 12.1
b. 13.1
6. Hexane is the most popular solvent for oil extraction c. 14
from seeds because d. 15.2
a. It can be easily removed from the extract to
recover the solvent
b. It is non toxic

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II. Problem Solving Answers:…………............................................................
1. Three hundred fifty Kg per hour of halibut liver is to
be extracted in a counter-current cascade with ethyl
I.
ether to recover oil. The ether which has been 1. B
partially purified contains 2% oil. The freshliver 2. B
contains 20% oil and is to be extracted to a 3. D
composition of 2% oil (on a solvent-free basis). 4. C
Solvent used is 150 Kg per hour. All % are weight %.
Use retention/drainage data from Geankoplis page 5. C
835, #12.10-4 (right triangular diagram at top of page 6. D
and xA in a scale up to 0.6 will suffice to place all 7. D
relevant points in the same graph). 8. D
a. What % of oil entering with the fresh liver is
recovered in the extract?
9. C
b. How many ideal stages are required? 10. A

2. Seeds, containing 20% by mass of oil, are extracted in II.

a counter-current plant, and 90% of the oil is 1. Ma
recovered in a solution containing 50% by mass of oil.
If the seeds are extracted with fresh solvent and 1 Kg a. 92%
of solution in the underflow in association with every b. 3.6 stages
2 Kg of insoluble matter, how many ideal stages are
required? 2. 5 ideal stages

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